100
San Francisco Chronicle by G. Allen Johnson
An astonishing documentary.
March of the Penguins (La Marche de l'empereur)
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- France
- 2005
- · 80m
Director
Luc Jacquet
Cast
Charles Berling,
Romane Bohringer,
Jules Sitruk,
Morgan Freeman,
Torsten Michaelis,
Andrea-Kathrin Loewig
Genre
Documentary,
Family
Flocks of thousands of young emperor penguins trek 70 miles across Antarctica each year, making their way to their breeding ground. Together they face perilous storms and dangerous predators, all to ensure the safety of their chicks.
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What are critics saying?
100
Baltimore Sun by Michael Sragow
The movie pays tribute to sexual equality and to each gender's agility and strength of character.
100
The New Yorker by David Denby
A perfect family movie, a perfect date movie, and one of the most eye-ravishing documentaries ever made.
91
Portland Oregonian by Shawn Levy
The film that results from Jacquet's application is gorgeous and even inspiring, a tale of loyalty hard-tested and hard-earned, a sumptuous travelogue, and a reminder that some of the critters with whom we share the planet are, in ways, as complex in their feelings as any human being.
90
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Crust
As uplifting as anything you will find in theaters.
90
L.A. Weekly by Ella Taylor
Thrilling documentary.
90
The A.V. Club by Nathan Rabin
The glacially beautiful new documentary March Of The Penguins confirms that no computer-animated or hand-drawn penguin could ever match the curious majesty of the genuine article.
90
Newsweek by David Ansen
Jacquet's movie is as visually ravishing as "Winged Migration," and more gripping.
90
Salon by Stephanie Zacharek
There's more drama, and more heartbreak, in March of the Penguins than in most movies that are actually scripted to tug at our feelings.
90
Slate by David Edelstein
Remarkable.
88
USA Today by Claudia Puig
A cinematic experience that is dazzlingly different from anything currently in theaters, March of the Penguins captivates with its straightforward but powerful story of dogged determination, survival against harsh odds and sacrifice.
83
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
Luc Jacquet's exquisitely shot eye-of-God study of a year in the lives of these distinctive birds is a nature film built with a feel for the epic and a love of operatic narrative.
80
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
This sentimental but riveting film has no qualms about playing on our emotions.
70
Variety by Joe Leydon
Sometimes harrowing, sometimes hokey, sometimes heartwarming nature documentary.
50
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
As a zoological spectacle the movie is riveting. But the narration tries to make us think of these adorable animals as if they saw the world in human terms.
50
Village Voice by Michael Atkinson
The Central Park Zoo is cheaper, you can walk away from the penguins after 10 minutes, and it has snow monkeys and beer.
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